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Mar 20 8 tweets 3 min read
🧵OUT TODAY: New economic analysis reveals Long Covid could be a long-term drag on economic growth and add pressure to already strained NHS 📊🔍 1/8

Find out more here: #LongCovidAwareness #LongCovid #PublicHealth #EconomicInactivity bit.ly/3PtysTs
Image If no long-term commitments are announced to manage the economic burden and healthcare costs of the 1.9 million people living with Long Covid, all households across the UK will feel the economic impact through fewer job opportunities and reduced quality of public services. 2/8
Jul 29, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
THREAD #Inequality and heating homes 🏡

Xinru Lin used the latest @DWP 's Family Resource Survey (FRS) and Households Below Average Income (HBAI) microdata to explore who struggles to heat their homes and how this has changed over time in England (2011-2018). 1/6 ➡️ Households who were unable to keep homes warm fell from 6.6% to 5.8%, 2011-2018.

➡️ Households aged 35-44 and 45-54, fell by 4.4 and 4.6 percentage points. In 2018, households aged 65-74 no longer reported their inability to keep homes warm. 2/6
Oct 19, 2020 5 tweets 5 min read
New analysis for the We Mean Business coalition🌿green recovery plans boost 💷income👩‍🔧employment and 📈GDP *better than return-to-normal stimulus measures* with the added benefit of reducing carbon emissions (1/5) #greenrecovery #buildbackbetter
bit.ly/3kbiewr In all geographies modelled (global, the EU, Germany, Poland, the UK, USA and India), green recovery plans were found to be more effective than return to normal stimulus approaches that reduce #VAT rates and encourage households to resume #spending (2/5)